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Dr. Christine Nabiryo hands over to Dr. Michael Etukoit

Yesterday, 13 October 2014, a team of Directors
witnessed the handover ceremony for the new TASO Executive Director. Mr. Emmy
Ngabirano - the Board Vice Chairperson, appreciated the outgoing Executive
Director for her efforts in leading TASO for the past two years. Mr Ngabirano
went on to welcome Dr. Etukoit , who he said was not new to TASO, and pledged on
behalf of the Board to work closely with him. He assured him that the Board was
aware of his capabilities and was looking forward to Dr. Etukoit steering the
TASO team to even greater heights.

Dr. Nabiryo thanked the Board for all the support rendered to her during her
tenure, the Directors and Senior Management for their unending support and
ideas, the staff on ground for working hard to keep TASO afloat, the clients for
appreciating TASO services, the Donor community for the financial support and
programming ideas and finally to God who placed her in that position as a
leader. She pledged to remain a part of TASO, renew her Membership subscription
and also offered to guide the new Executive Director as he settles into his new
office.

Dr. Etukoit thanked the Board for entrusting with him an organization like
TASO, he appreciated the outgoing Executive Director for her leadership and
promised to encourage the various TASO units to work together and keep TASO at
the forefront of HIV programming in Uganda. He promised to share his manifesto,
which he said was based upon the TASO Strategic Direction, so that staff would
know what he hoped TASO to achieve. Dr. Etukoit concluded by asking that both
the Board and his colleagues support him in his new position.

Present during the handover were; the Director Human Resources and
Administration , Director Finance and the Chief Internal Auditor.

We bid farewell to Dr. Nabiryo and thank her for her leadership since 2012.
And we welcome Dr. Etukoit and pledge to work with him to ensure that our
clients get the best services available.

1.TASO provides malaria tests for its clients at all its Centers of Excellence in Entebbe, Gulu, Jinja, Masaka, Masindi, Mbale, Mbarara, Mulago, Rukungiri, Soroti and Tororo. 2.TASO was awarded another funding opportunity by the Global Fund making it the 2nd Principle Recipient (PR) of the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the period 2018—2020 to implement malaria interventions. This work is managed through the TASO Grants Management Unit (GMU) which supports the National Control Programme towards realization of the goals of the Uganda Malaria Reduction Strategic Plan (UMRSP). Under the new funding, malaria activities implemented by TASO include:· Community interventions such as the malaria component of the Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) for children under the age of 5 Trainings for cadres at different levels to ensure quality ICCM service deliveryTraining of Private for Profit (PFP) sector in the Integrated Management of Malaria and routine Health M…

The year was 2002 when Bono visited TASO Mulago unit. He was greatly
impressed by the work being done by TASO staff but especially by the Peer
Support Group, of 25 HIV positive clients, which was using music, dance and
drama to sensitize their communities. Bono was moved by the fact that while the
group members had courageously given a human face to HIV in Uganda, they were
weak and needed more help. He asked what he could do to help TASO.
Thinking that they had very little time left to live, members of the group
thought that it would be better for them to receive financial support so that
they could each buy a piece of land and possibly build houses for their
respective families. The then Executive Director - Dr. Alex Coutinho -suggested
that rather than receive financial aid, Bono could donate life prolonging drugs
to the group. This was because TASO had not yet rolled out the ART programme
within its units. This would enable the members to live long enough to build
th…